Edward Witten

150.4k citations
329 papers · 87.9k indexed · 61 hit papers · h-index 136

Edward Witten

320 papers receiving 84.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Edward Witten
Comparison fields: 5 of 152
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 71.5k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 28.1k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 35.6k
  • Geometry and Topology 15.0k
  • Mathematical Physics 10.3k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Edward Witten, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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2 20242
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On the hypothesis that cosmological dark matter is composed of ultra-light bosons
201616
5 2010116
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Three-Dimensional Gravity Reconsidered
200710
7
Direct Proof of the Tree-Level Scattering Amplitude Recursion Relation in Yang-Mills Theorybreakdown →
2005824
8
Unification Scale, Proton Decay, And Manifolds Of G2 Holonomy
200449
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Black holes and quark confinement
20011
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CONFORMAL ANOMALY OF SUBMANIFOLD OBSERVABLES IN ADS/CFT CORRESPONDENCE
1999120
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New Perspectives in the Quest for Unification
19981
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Magic, mystery, and matrix
199816
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Anti de Sitter space and holographybreakdown →
19987657
14 1996291
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Trieste Conference on Topological Methods in Quantum Field Theories : ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 11-15 June 1990
19912
16 198934
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Loop amplitudes, anomalies and phenomenology
198764
18 198735
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SUPERCONDUCTING COSMIC STRINGS
19861
20 1985237

About Edward Witten

Edward Witten is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Geometry and Topology, having authored 329 papers that have together received 87.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (224 papers), Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (93 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (90 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (85 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (71 papers), Algebraic structures and combinatorial models (31 papers), Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (16 papers) and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (71.5k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (28.1k citations) and Astronomy and Astrophysics (35.6k citations). Edward Witten has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Nathan Seiberg, Cumrun Vafa, Andrew Strominger, David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Chiara R. Nappi, Lance J. Dixon, Freddy Cachazo, Petr Hořava and Gregory S. Adkins. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Physics B, Journal of High Energy Physics, Physics Letters B, Communications in Mathematical Physics and Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics.

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